Forbes February 19, 2025
The hype around AI has reached a fever pitch, but skepticism is beginning to set in. As the conversation shifts from excitement to concern—“Is AI transforming the world?” to “Are we exposing ourselves to greater risk?”—I want to address the key challenges ahead.
Many organizations are now grappling with pressing questions: Could AI replace human ingenuity with soulless automation? Or even worse, is AI being weaponized against the enterprise?
The dual narrative of AI—boundless optimism on one hand and undue fear on the other—leaves businesses caught in the middle, trying to work out hype from reality. As academic Kristina McElheran puts it: “The narrative is that AI is everywhere all at once, but the data shows...